Choice Options
What are Choice Options?
Bend-La Pine Schools' choice options provide learning opportunities that are significantly different from our traditional programs, while meeting the same standards and requirements as other schools within the district.
When and how to apply?
High School Choice Option Schools
The High School Choice Options Enrollment Request form is now closed. Learn more about our choice option schools and how to submit an enrollment request for next school year on our Choice Options Schools and Enrollment webpage.
K-8 Choice Option Schools
K-8 Choice option schools require families to submit an enrollment request form, either online or in person. The enrollment request process is currently closed.
The Choice Options Enrollment Request form is now closed. Learn more about our choice option schools and how to submit an enrollment request next school year on our Choice Options Schools and Enrollment webpage.
Dual Immersion Schools
The Spanish Dual Immersion Program in Bend-La Pine Schools is a research-based two-way immersion program model. The program begins in kindergarten and continues through high school graduation. There are two different application forms: Incoming Kindergarten and Late Entry Dual Immersion.
The Dual Immersion Incoming Kindergarten Enrollment Request form is now closed. Learn more about our Dual Immersion program on the About Spanish Dual Immersion Program webpage.
Choice Option Schools
Learn more about our choice option schools and how to submit an enrollment request on our Choice Options Schools and Enrollment webpage.
Our K-8 choice option schools and programs are:
- Amity Creek Magnet at Thompson School
- Highland Magnet at Kenwood School
- Juniper Elementary School
- Realms Middle School
- Spanish Dual Immersion Program - at Bear Creek, High Desert Middle, and Bend Senior High
- Westside Village Magnet at Kingston School
Our high school choice options are:
Registration Process:
- Registration for the 2019-20 school year will open in January when we return from winter break.
- High School registration for the 2019-20 school year will close at 3 p.m. on Friday, February 8, 2019. Students may apply for more than one school.
- K-8 registration for the 2019-20 school year will close at 3 p.m. on March 22, 2019. No exceptions will be made for late applications.
- Interested parents are strongly encouraged to attend parent information meetings and tours for the schools in which they are interested to learn about the lottery process, available transportation, and individual school programs. Program information for each school is provided at that school's information night.
- Choice option enrollment request forms are available at each choice option school or use our online form
- Students may only apply to ONE magnet school. If multiple applications are filed, all applications will be eliminated from the lottery. (Students may apply to a magnet school and to the Spanish Dual Immersion Program and/or a charter school.)
- Siblings of current magnet students must complete the Choice Options Enrollment Request Form for placement at that same choice options school.
- Notification of lottery results will be mailed.
Eligibility
- The choice options enrollment request process is open only to current residents within Bend-La Pine Schools attendance areas.
- For kindergarten, a child must be 5 years old on or before September 1, 2019.
- Siblings of current magnet students must complete the Choice Options Enrollment Request Form for placement at that same choice options school.
Lottery Process
- The high school lottery will be held the week of February 11, 2019 and parents will be notified of their student's status by late February.
- The K-8 lottery will be held after spring break each year and parents will be notified of their student's status by mid-April.
- Acceptance into one of the magnet programs is non-transferable.
Transportation
Modified bus transportation is available for some magnet schools and programs. Please see the Transportation web page for details.
Waitlist
Once the lottery is completed, and an opening occurs, the first name on the waiting list becomes eligible to fill that spot. A family will have one opportunity to rotate to the bottom of the waiting list, rather than accepting an opening mid-year. The second time a family becomes eligible, they must either accept the opening or be removed from the waiting list.